Author of YA fantasy series The Landskapë Saga

Month: January 2014

Last year I vowed to take my writing more seriously – and I think I did. I entered competitions, I finished a first draft of a novel (second draft ongoing!), and I entered “writer” in my description on Twitter. And I started telling people I am writing a book.

This year, I will continue my journey towards becoming a writer and I have, in this spirit, set up some wonderful rules.

1. Write every day!

2. Always walk in your characters’ shoes. Be THERE!

3. Stop a daily session when you still want to continue. It keeps the spirit up.

4. Write with confidence – this is YOUR story. A written text can be edited, but a blank sheet cannot.

5. Be a writer: i.e. act as one.

It’s the ‘being’ a writer that’s the difficult part. We’re all kinds of different things in life: a daughter, a father, a student, a lawyer, a friend. Just like all of these, ‘being’ a writer comes with certain obligations as well as rights. I’d like to honour these in 2014. I’d like to honour the privilege of ‘being’ a writer. Embrace its restrictions and swim in its freedom.

2014 is the year of writing. My goal is to finish my novel and begin the path of publication.